News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes, or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A former pediatric oncologist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of receipt, access with intent to view and possession of child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dennis Patrick Meehan Hughes, 50, of Pearland, pleaded guilty March 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Raymond Neal Swayney, 31, of Cherokee, N.C., appeared in federal court in Asheville today and pleaded guilty to intentionally setting fires on Indian lands, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell presided over today’s plea hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: A computer support technician formerly employed at Expedia offices in San Francisco pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JONATHAN LY, 28, of San Francisco, admitted he used his position in tech support at Expedia to access...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Delhi man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Defendant Fired Shotgun Round Toward Victim and Shouted, “Move … Out of Oildale".
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor today in support of S. 795, a bill to enhance whistleblower protections for contractor and grantee employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A former pediatric oncologist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of receipt, access with intent to view and possession of child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dennis Patrick Meehan Hughes, 50, of Pearland, pleaded guilty March 22, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - A beach is a marvelous place to get away from it all and explore on those beautiful, crisp days during the winter. Dress for the weather and come out to see what you’ve been missing! All activities are free of charge unless noted otherwise below. For more information on these and other activities, call the National Park Service at 252-728-2250, extension 3001.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: GREENVILLE -The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, ANTONELLE ANN SANCHEZ, 35, pled guilty to two counts of Accepting and Receiving a Gratuity. As part of her plea, SANCHEZ agreed to pay $95,610 in forfeiture. She faces a maximum of four years’ imprisonment. GEORGE...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Gunnison, CO: The National Park Service will soon begin conducting pile burns near the Grizzly Gulch area on the North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Pile burning is a type of maintenance burn whereby wildland fuels are cut through the year, piled, allowed to dry, and then burned during the winter when there is snow on the ground.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former counselor at the federal prison in Lexington has pleaded guilty to smuggling tobacco into the prison in exchange for payments from inmates.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Washington- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Ranking Member Karen Bass (D-CA) issued the following statement urging transparency and credibility for Ghana’s upcoming election...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Defrauded biodiesel purchasers and shareholders. Press Release. INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh Minkler and Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today the sentencing of two individuals who defrauded investors...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Cecil Sylvester Chester, age 70, of Mitchellville, Maryland today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a mortgage fraud scheme involving the fraudulent purchase of seven properties in Baltimore...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2017 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: GOLD RIVER, Calif. - From Monday, Dec. 12, through Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, the Bureau of Reclamation will shut down the Nimbus Dam Powerplant to perform preventative maintenance on the facility. Maintenance activities are required to satisfy North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) requirements as well as Reclamation Power Recommendations for the equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 27-year old resident of McAllen has entered a guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, of Green Township, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for plotting, planning and attempting an attack on government officials during the State of the Union Address in 2015 in the name of ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: On Dec. 1, 2016, a medical device saleswoman was sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in a stolen medical device and money laundering conspiracy.
